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Sunday, October 31, 2010 sunflower_info West Amwell, NJ

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Measured all of my corn plants today. I did not break my personal best of 25 feet 9 inches. Maybe next year! First time I tried Pira Naranja, which is a popcorn from Columbia. Doesn't seem to get quite as tall as Montana or Tehua, but it is definitely worth growing again.

Here are the results:
Tehua         24'8" w/ tassle
Tehua         24'0" w/ tassle
Tehua-9     23'7" w/ tassle
Tehua         23'6" no tassle
Montana Blanco     23'3" w/ tassle
Montana Blanco     23'1" w/ tassle
Tehua         22'9" w/ tassle - 8" stem circum. & 17'10" tiller w/ tassle
Tehua         22'7" w/ tassle
Tehua         22'5" w/ tassle & 18'4" tiller no tassle
Tehua         22'3" w/ tassle
Tehua         22'1" no tassle
Tehua-9     21'5" w/ tassle
Montana Seg.    21'5" w/ tassle
Tehua         21'0" w/ tassle
Tehua-9     20'7" w/ tassle
Tehua         20'3" no tassle
Tehua         20'2" no tassle
Montana Blanco     20'1" w/ tassle
Pira Naranja 19'2" w/ tassle & tiller 19'10" w/ tassle & tiller 19'8" w/ tassle
Pira Naranja     18'6" w/ tassle & tiller 17'2" w/ tassle & tiller 13'7" w/ tassle
 



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